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From: Oliver Taylor <olivertaylor@me.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Variable for Confirming Killing a Buffer
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 15:25:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9FD6ACE5-B71A-4280-A354-294AFA57692F@me.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=FJLbU+aHc2nqMpj3OHWNLg+K-wiRnY4ZBksyMJ1w_yA@mail.gmail.com>

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 2:41 PM, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oliver Taylor <olivertaylor@me.com> writes:
> 
>> Now, doing (setq-local buffer-confirm-kill t) will prevent accidental data
>> loss.
> 
> Could you describe the scenario(s) under which you have experienced
> accidental data loss in more detail?  Which modes were you using?

I create new buffers all the time to cleanup text from outside Emacs, or simply as an easy way to quickly jot something down. Those buffers are easy to forget about and lose if you quit Emacs without remembering to save them.

There are also a number of scratch buffer packages which also might benefit from this. 


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-02 23:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-02 21:06 Variable for Confirming Killing a Buffer Oliver Taylor
2021-12-02 22:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-02 23:17   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-02 23:25   ` Oliver Taylor [this message]
2021-12-03 16:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 19:24   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-03 21:35     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 22:27       ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-03 22:33         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 19:45   ` Oliver Taylor
2021-12-03 21:32     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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